National Meet the Buyer - The best food and drink event in Yorkshire and the Humber!
With over 1,000 meetings taking place in one day, make sure you’re part of it!
See you on the 15th April 2010 at Oulton Hall, Leeds
Latest research - Don’t miss out on the latest trends affecting the food and drink sector – our research programme tells you what you need to know
What we do - We’re dedicated to helping food and drink businesses in Yorkshire and Humber – find out how we can help you
Taste magazine - Read the best Yorkshire food and drink sector focused magazine here!
Our Partners
We work with a number of carefully selected partners to offer our members the best service we can.
Yorkshire Forward
The Regional Development Agency for Yorkshire & Humber, food is a priority sector for the region and there are a range of funded projects designed to grow and support the food industry.
Business Link
Business Link provide free, impartial business support and advice to all businesses in the region.
Welcome to Yorkshire & Area Tourism Partnerships
Responsible for marketing and supporting the tourism industry in the region.
Growing Routes
Growing Routes helps people who are part of the agricultural and rural community living in Yorkshire and the Humber to diversify and start new businesses.
Fare Exchange
Farexchange is a Supply Chain Development Programme which aims to help Yorkshire businesses operating in the food supply chain to improve their competitiveness and efficiency through collaborative working with their suppliers and customers.
Yorkshire & Humber Seafood Group
The Seafood Group is working towards the promotion of all sectors of the industry to promote and develop new products and markets and represents our industry at a local, regional, national and international level.
Food Processing Faraday
The Faraday is an impartial operator within the food sector and delivers major projects for Regional Development Agencies, provides food industry focussed consultancy and delivers competitive advantage through technology to key clients.
CenFRA
CenFRA Ltd (Centre for Food Robotics and Automation) is an initiative servicing the automation needs of the food and drink industry in the North of England and beyond.
Food Chain CIC
The Food Chain Centre of Industrial Collaboration (CIC) is based at the University of Leeds in the top-rated, for food research, department of Food Science. The Food Chain CIC is a combination of world class expertise at the University of Leeds and the Food Research and Environment Agency (FERA). It provides unique facilities for food research, to enable the food industry to meet new technical challenges and seize new commercial possibilities in food production.
Yorkshire Gold
Established to ensure Yorkshire maximises the opportunities provided by the London 2012 Olympics.
Leeds Met University
The Leeds Met University – Food Research Group are a cross faculty investigative unit that work in collaboration with Yorkshire Forward and the Regioanl Food Group to provide academic insights and solutions to the food industries problems.
Sheffield Hallam University
A leading university in the national and international food arena, SHU has consultancy expertise in key areas of the manufacturing food process.
UKTI
TradeYorkshire is operated by UK Trade & Investment, in partnership with Yorkshire Forward. Their aim is to help Yorkshire and Humber businesses to succeed overseas. Although primarily geared towards export, they can also offer assistance to businesses and organisations considering inward investment into the region.
Regional Food Group Alliance
The alliance is made up of the 8 Regional Food Groups in England and aims to provide co-ordinated support to the food and drink industry.
FARMA
The National Farmers’ Retail and Markets Association, a membership association helping producers selling direct to the consumer.
Guild of Fine Food Retailers
The Guild of Fine Food is the UK trade association for anyone making or selling top quality local, regional and speciality food and drink.
